... PARLIAMENTARY INTrELLIGENCE. ] HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY, APRIL 25. THE TURKISH EMPIRE. In reply to a question from ties Marquis of CianrIcards, in referentceto the negotiations of late carried. on between certain European powers and the Porte, The Earl of CLARENDON, While lie declined at Present to give all the information required, stated that her Majesty's ministers were unanimous in their ...

... FROM THE TIMS.' GLADSTONE'S BUD)GET. DISR.AELI'S BtlhDpr Tho Legacy dutv to be ex. The House-tax to b. T tended, so that every man viz., 9d. in the peslr I' who succeeds to an estate put on private ho,,. ,'trl shall pay according to his in- 6d. on shops, ,in , Ill e1il pital, in order tion of 1ll. il tie to redress inequality of In- being taken ofn'ImIt' come'tax upon intellgenco on trades ...

... ITHE ROT HERHITHE GUNPOWDER SEIZMIIE. Messrs. Halo were again brought up on Thuis lay,aot the Bow-street Police-oflice, for the decision of Mr. Henry, the magistrate, relative to the CoinpositioII n.ized on his premises. Mr. Henry delivered his opinion, and stated thilt, lalthoug the composition was not granulated, set it Nvas, no doubt, of that explosive and dangerous nature that lie felt ...

... i| PRESFNTATION OF A DIAMOND RING, BY THE LADIES OF CLtTHl.ltOER TO MATTHEW WILSON, ESQ., OF ENHTON HATIL F Two ladies, Mrs. Briggs and 'Mrs. Starkie, neighbours to each other, and who have, by industry and frugality, joined to the exertions of the elder portion of their children, long maintained their numerous families in com-r parative comfort and respectability, having for a uumber of years ...

... _ FRANCE. 1 The Moniteur contains the following- paragraph respect- ti -ing telegraphic despatches:- The governmet, in giving b the public permission to make use of the electric telegraph, was not affected by the inconveniences which might result from a measure offering real advantages. But it is well to remark that the telegraphic news has no longer, as i formerly, the official character ...

... OGe of the great merits of the budget of Mr. Gladstone is that it proposes to apply to real property the same law and the same taxes to which personal property has hitherto been subject. When Pitt first proposed the Legacy Duties he submitted to parliament the honest proposal that real as well as personal property should be subjected to the impost, that the estate of the landowner and the ...

... LOCAL INTELa2LIGENCE. MlR. Ptni.l R, Al.P., presented to the House of Com- mons, on Thursday last, a petition from the tea dealers and grocers of Preston against the proposed increase of Ilicenses. Tim SEASON is yet unusually backward, the days and nights being-, with few exceptions, very cold. On two or i three mornings during the week fields have been covered with hoar frost. On Sunday there ...

... DorrdboS Crifair. Ani American mnechanic has invented ai meachine which is to be driven lit the force of cireciunstances. ,trlgtinies ! as,, the Iicot cl lass stid whjen sile was mnaking liorri~lgi'. flown Eatt they ,naly' the tea so went-., flint it is unable to ,toni 'it of ithe ?? We .srw a 'lrmitkei elwtritgtneli himself by Flig ' On toti i'soppei still lin Front-street, yesterday. ?? ...

... LA N C A ST ER. MiLITIA.-The 1st Royal Lancashire Militia will be called out for duty on the 2:3rd of next month. Tile E number is estirnated at 1,275, andi the time for drill forty, days. COUNTY COteUT.-The usual fortnightly court was held on Saturday last, before J. Addison, Esq., judge. There wcre 17 cases entered, 7 of which were settled out of court. Those heard were of minor importance. ...

... BAZAAR IN AID OF THE FUNDS FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE PARISI-h CHURCH. The erudite Dr. Whittaker, in his History of Amun- derness, says, speaking of the Proiton Parish Church, With respect to thc fabric of the church it is a good ordinary building, suited to the population and conse- quence of the place. It would be easy to shew that the learned antiquary was sadly at fault in his ...

... I A RADIcA L.-The Blanketuering expedition was in 1817. A ME)snEn.-The amount realised by the Institution bazaar was £1,830, which sales of the remaining stock afterwards increased to about £1,900. W.-We thought it much better not to revive the subject; the merits of the case were sufficiently understood. J. W., Fleetwood.-Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood was created a baronet at the coronation of ...

... METROPOLITAN MEO110RANDA, (Frolnr ota olv CorresponernLrt.) LONDON, TrIUeSODY EVENING. | I closed my notes last week with a glimpse at the hos- tilities which had commenced between the working prin.. ters and their employers in the United States, on the subject of an intended strike for wages. A later file of the New York Journal has since then come to hand, from the number of which ...